O rubor sanguinis
| FORM | Antiphon for Saint Ursula |
| DIFFICULTY | Easy |
| LENGTH | Short |
| SOURCE | Riesencodex f.471 verso |
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Text and Translation
| O rubor sanguinis, qui de excelso illo fluxisti quod divinitas tetigit: tu flos es quem hyems de flatu serpentis numquam lesit. |
Oh blood’s blush, you that flowed from that Highest One, touched by divinity: you are the bloom that the serpent’s frost-breath has never blasted. |
Editorial Notes
Other version (concordance) in Dendermonde f. 167 recto.
According to Barbara Newman, this may have served as a gospel antiphon with the Magnificat as vespers on the Feast of Saint Ursula, celebrated on October 21st.
REF: Symphonia, 2nd ed, Newman, Barbara, Cornell UP, 1998.
Musical transcription by Allison Mondel
Latin translation by Hugh McElroy
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